NH Secrets Legends and Lore

NH Secrets Legends and Lore

By Wayne D. KingSociety & Culture
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NH Secrets Legends and Lore episodes

  • Alex Ray and the Common Man - The Early Years

    More than 50 years of breaking the rules have made Alex Ray not only a corporate icon but a New Hampshire legend. 16 "Common Man Family" restaurants; rest areas and other welcome centers later, plus the Flying Monkey Theatre in Plymouth NH have allowed Ray to develop his own unique, homespun style that's still a favorite of NH folks and visitors alike. Above Ray describes his vision for the Common Man Inn in Plymouth during the mid-years of his career.

    1 hr 17 min
  • NCABC_Eliot Wessler HB 177

    In early 2019, a proposal for a large regional landfill emerged as a new threat to our North Country environment. NCABC is now preparing to engage with government regulators once again to preserve this important ecosystem and natural habitat in the area where Dalton, Littleton, Bethlehem, and Whitefield converge.

    HB 177
    Who is opposed to the Dalton dump? And who favors HB 177, a bi-partisan bill before the Legislature setting a 2-mile buffer around state parks from landfill encroachment?
    All the town conservation commissions in the area, the Conservation Law Foundation, the Ammonoosuc River Advisory Committee, the NH Sierra Club, the Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust, Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, and hundreds of local residents, as well as Grafton and Coos county lawmakers.
    Check out this compilation of letters opposing the ill-suited and unwanted Granite State Landfill proposal currently up for permitting by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services:

    23 min
  • NH Secrets CONE MOUNTAIN Cell Tower Controversy

    Nearly 1000 citizens have signed a petition opposed to a cell tower on the historically important Cone Mountain in Thornton NH where the unlit tower exceeds height restrictions imposed by "Yankee 2" National security rules to protect Jets training in evasive maneuvers but the proposal appears to be greased and no wonder, the land on which the tower is going to be built belongs to the Sununu family.

    41 min
  • A Man Called Crow

    A Man Called Crow

    Maverick, mentor, conservationist and a man who loved a good story these are just some of the ways that people describe Howard "Crow" Dickinson who served in the NH General Court, also known as the NH House of Representatives for 38 years, and who died in 2014 at the age of 78.
    First elected during the Presidency of Richard Nixon, Crow crafted landmark environmental legislation during his lifetime including New Hampshire's Current Use Law, responsible for the conservation of open land from one end of the state to the other. In the late 1980's Crow was a co-sponsor with me on the New Hampshire Rivers Management and Protection Program (RMPP) - New Hampshire's statewide version of the national Wild and Scenic Rivers act protecting critical shoreline resources for the benefit of present and future generations through a unique combination of state and local resource management and protection. The law also declared an immediate moratorium on the approval of new dams on the following rivers:  Pemigewasset, Saco, Swift, Contoocook, Merrimack and Connecticut south of the Israel River in the Town of Lancaster.

    40 min
  • Jack Dunfey American Icon - Global Citizen - Part 2

    Heroes come in many forms.

    There are those who provide inspiration to us because they are thrust into the firmament by a single act or event; there are those associated with a movement - whether brief or sustained - who summon our better angels.
    Then there are those who live a life so exemplary- so filled with rich example - that the entire arc of their lives cries out for a deep appreciation of how a life, well lived, can lift us all to greater heights - inspiring us to live our own lives with greater purpose, clarity and impact.
    Jack Dunfey was just such a man.
    From his earliest years, the middle child of 12 - born to an immigrant family living in the Industrial hub of Lowell, Massachusetts. His parents, Roy and Katherine Dunfey, working every free moment in the family business in the “Acre” section of Lowell, Massachusetts; to his years as a fighter pilot and later flight instructor, having enlisted in the service following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; to his years as the spark plug that took the family from a single lunch counter to ownership of a clamshack on Hampton Beach and then - one by one, rung by rung, hotel by hotel - to ownership of flagship hotels and restaurants that would eventually propel him to CEO of Dunfey Hotels and the international chain of Omni Hotels.
    If only a career in service to his beloved country and ascension to leadership of one of the world’s premier hotel chains were the hallmarks of Jack Dunfey’s life that probably would have been sufficient to qualify him for hero status in the eyes of many. But the full story of Jack Dunfey was how he wove his dreams - dreams he shared with his 11 brothers and sisters - dreams of social justice, peace and equality, into this already tight tapestry with the enthusiastic participation of those siblings a became a leader of a heroic family in an age where heroes were desperately needed and where their emergence would move mountains.
    By the time that Jack Dunfey died at 92 he would stand at the side of Nelson Mandela and Bishop Desmond Tutu and celebrate a new beginning for South Africa; Rejoice a new day for the people of Ireland with John Hulme and George Mitchell; convince a stubborn Fidel Castro to free more than 80 political prisoners and to remove landmines from the war torn country of Angola.
    He would also set an example for color and gender blind promotion and the ethical respect for employees that was the forerunner to today’s socially responsible business practices - not only because it was the right thing to do but because it was good business.
    In part 1 of this podcast we followed the course of Jack and the Dunfey family as they grew from a Lowell lunch counter and a Hampton Beach clam shack to International Hoteliers including their purchase of the Parker House and their discovery of its connections to the Saturday Club of Emerson, and Oliver Wendall Holmes that would inspire them to create the New England Circle - and Global Citizens Circle.
    In the final part of our podcast - Jack Dunfey: American Icon - Global Citizen we look at the evolution of both a family and a brand - from hard working immigrant roots to their part in the social justice struggles of their times.
    So we bring you part two: The Peacemaker - Jack Dunfey: Crusader for Constructive Change

    1 hr 39 min
  • NH Secrets: Jack Dunfey American Icon - Global Citizen - Part 1

    “We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” ~ Jack Dunfey

    Jack Dunfey: American Icon - Global Citizen
    Part 1: From Clams to Corporate Titan
    Heroes come in many forms.
    There are those who provide inspiration to us because they are thrust into the firmament by a single act or event; there are those associated with a movement - whether brief or sustained - who summon our better angels.
    Then there are those who live a life so exemplary- so filled with rich example - that the entire arc of their lives cries out for a deep appreciation of how a life, well lived, can lift us all to greater heights - inspiring us to live our own lives with greater purpose, clarity and impact.
    Jack Dunfey was just such a man.

    1 hr 3 min
  • NH Secrets When Pigs Fly The Future Of Balsams Hotel

    There are few folks who would like to see the Balsams remain a viable hotel and destination more than John Harrigan. He has grown up in the shadow of this Grande Hotel, caddied its golf course, dined with owners Neil & Louise Tillotson at their special table and generally observed more than 60 years of its history from within and without. Yet, today John is not optimistic about the future of the beloved hotel.

    In this episode of New Hampshire Secrets, Legends & Lore John Harrigan reflects on the history of the Balsams and its tenuous future prospects.

    34 min
  • NH Secrets_VanSickle Can Sound Heal? Ep 20

    Can Sound Heal?

    A conversation with Shannon VanSickle of "Sound Healing" in Meredith. Shannon has traveled to the far reaches of South America to learn more about ancient medicines and religions. Today she practices Sound Healing at the Grace Wellness Center in Meredith, New Hampshire.
    For 3000 years or more Tibetan monks and Indigeneous Shamans in Peru and others have used sound as a means of healing.
    Grace Wellness Center, Meredith
    https://www.facebook.com/gracewellnessnh
    https://www.facebook.com/shannon.vansickle.3/
    Show notes: NHSecrets.blogspot.com

    34 min

About NH Secrets Legends and Lore

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Welcome to the NEW HAMPSHIRE SECRETS, LEGENDS AND LORE PODCAST where twice a month we explore the world of New Hampshire that lies outside of the hard news. I’m your host, Wayne King, and I invite you to join us for an adventure that will take us on a journey together to explore those things that are unlikely to make the pages of your newspaper, the waves of your radio station or the bits and bytes of your favorite news website. Yet for many of us these stories will reveal what makes life here in the Granite State truly worth living.